It’s a problem that has played out across U.S. states as climate change and more development raise the risks of natural disasters damaging communities. Months after a catastrophic fire burned more than 2,200 homes in Hawaii, some property owners are getting more bad news—their property insurance won’t be renewed because their insurance company has...

The decision to close the health centers, which were primarily located in smaller towns where customers might lack access to quality care, represents an abrupt reversal for the supermarket chain. Walmart announced plans Tuesday to close all of its doctor-staffed clinics around the country as it shuts down its entire Walmart Health division after...

U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month. U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated for the third straight month as Americans continue to fret about their short-term financial futures with prices and interest rates still elevated.

Consumer use will be phased out within a year, and most industrial and commercial uses will be prohibited within two years. The Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical that is widely used as a paint stripper but is known to cause liver cancer and other health problems.

The retail giant’s fresh attempt to compete in the upper-scale grocery space will include products such pistachio nut butter and plant-based mozzarella. In a possible move to enter a trendier, upper-scale grocery space dominated by Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, Walmart has announced Bettergoods, its largest private food brand launch in two decades—and...

The amount of flared gas would have been enough to supply almost 17,000 homes for a year. New Mexico has reached a record settlement with a Texas-based company over air pollution violations at natural gas gathering sites in the Permian Basin. The $24.5 million agreement with Ameredev announced Monday is the largest settlement the state Environment...